The U.S. Justice Department will sell off $56 million worth of cryptocurrency it seized as part of a massive Ponzi scheme case against a man who promoted the crypto lending program BitConnect. The ...

Over the past few days, I’ve been revisiting the story of the massive 2016-2018 crypto scam BitConnect for an upcoming project. One of my surprising takeaways is that, though BitConnect was a shady ...

A San Diego federal judge on Thursday ordered the top U.S.-based promoter of a worldwide cryptocurrency scam to pay more than $17.6 million in restitution to nearly 800 victims from around the globe.

SAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO — A Los Angeles man pleaded guilty Wednesday in San Diego federal court to participating in what prosecutors called a “textbook Ponzi scheme” that defrauded cryptocurrency investors ...

This week, we dig into the rise of BitConnect, the strange kidnapping case that ultimately helped unravel the scheme and an important Texas Securities Commission cease and desist order. Listen or ...

Based in Britain, BitConnect markets itself as an “open source, all-in-one Bitcoin and crypto-community platform designed to provide multiple investment opportunities,” with a present market ...